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Wolverines claim two sixth-place finishes at Park Rapids

Singles player Lindy Jones and the doubles duo of Sarah Moen and Erin Johnson earned sixth place honors Saturday as the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines opened their 2014 season at the eight-team Park Rapids Invitational.

Playing at No. 4 singles, Jones lost her first match to to Park Rapids' Tori Hilmanowski 2-6, 4-6 before topping Fergus Falls' Alice Schindler 7-6 (7-4) 6-4. Jones won her first match against Roseau's Kate Wensloff 7-5 but then lost 2-6, 5-10.

Moen and Johnson played No. 1 doubles for the Wolverines. After losing to Minnewaska's Makenna Hanson and Joelle Thorfinnson 6-0, 6-0 the WDC team posted a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win over Fergus Falls' Emma Clark and Abby MacFarlane. Their bid for fifth was struck down by Moorhead's Breanna Adamek and Erika Haiby 7-5, 6-2.